Re: utill-linux, package

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Dan Jacobowitz wrote: > That's a leftover from haggie's habit pf binary-only NMUs, right? I > have patches for it, and I filed a bug with them as I recall - check > the BTS. If they aren't there I'll send them to you; and in fact if > someone will look over them first, I may NMU. I can't find th

Re: Problem with emacs package.

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Rob Browning wrote: > but this won't work because -T is a linker option. Further we need an > absolute path because gcc is called from several directories, so > ppc.ldscript isn't always in the same dir. From looking at the > ibmrs6000.h I can see that they use $(srcdir) which would be perfect. >

Re: I would like to try installing debian-ppc

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Tamas Papp wrote: > > disk. It is still not clear how to get a core system on the partition. I > > get the tarball and then what? Please help me or at least tell me what to > > read. > Meanwhile I found a more detailed set of instructions > (http://www.infodrom.north.de/~joey/Linux/Debian/master/po

Re: I would like to try installing debian-ppc

1998-09-22 Thread Tamas Papp
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > Yesterday I accidently found an older directory where I've put *that* kind > of stuff. So drop me a line if you want the two disks. Please e-mail me those disks as an attachment. Thanks. Regards, jabberwock

Re: Where could I find a boot floppy image?

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Tamas Papp wrote: > I was trying for three hours. My problem is that I can't get into the OF > directly, using the Option-Command-O-F keys. Does anybody know about other > key combinations (PPC 5400/180)? Another way is to use BootVariables and turn off the [ ] auto-boot option. If you're running

Re: utill-linux, package

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Martin Schulze wrote: > I may be blind, but... Indeed, I am. :( There it is: http://www.infodrom.north.de/Debian/Bugs/db/pa/lutil-linux.html > Did you get agetty working again? I wonder why it stopped because > this was one of the first programs that I've patched for the powerpc, > some 1.5 ye

Re: Where could I find a boot floppy image?

1998-09-22 Thread Tamas Papp
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > Tamas Papp wrote: > > I was trying for three hours. My problem is that I can't get into the OF > > directly, using the Option-Command-O-F keys. Does anybody know about other > > key combinations (PPC 5400/180)? > > Another way is to use BootVariables a

Re: Status of debian-powerpc?

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > hi, > I subscribed to this list to find out about the progress of debian-ppc. > What's the status? Is it long before it's usable? Is the glibc 2.1 stable? It's usable and stable. It lacks an installation method though. This is one of the things we're going

Re: problems booting my ppc with linux

1998-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Czako Krisztian wrote: > Hello, > > I still have problems booting my IBM RS/6000 (ppc 604e, 200mhz) with > Linux. > I've tried the CHRP and PReP images without any success. > The CHRP image's loader starts, gunzips, copies the OF device list then > hangs, so the Linux kernel doesn't start. The PRe

Using an ext2 partition from MacOS

1998-09-22 Thread Tamas Papp
I wonder if there's any way to read & write a linux ext2 partition from MacOS? This kind of programs are available for PC. Maybe I could install the tarball that way. Just an idea. jabberwock

Re: Using an ext2 partition from MacOS

1998-09-22 Thread Steve Pinel
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Tamas Papp wrote: :P>I wonder if there's any way to read & write a linux ext2 partition from :P>MacOS? This kind of programs are available for PC. Maybe I could install :P>the tarball that way. Just an idea. There is a program called LinuxDisks that allows you to read ext2